面对信息化的21世纪,最大程度地获取信息才能促进高新科技的发展,进而提高中国在全球的竞争力。信息素质教育是促使人们获得大量信息并利用其解决问题的有效途径。本文对信息素质教育的必要性以及图书馆与信息素质教育的内在联系进行阐述,为公共图书馆开展信息素质教育提供一定的理论依据。 In the 21st century of informationization, maximum access to information can promote the development of new and high technology, and then enhance China’s competitiveness in the world. Information literacy education is to promote people to obtain a lot of information and use it to solve the problem of the effective way. This article expounds the necessity of information literacy education and the intrinsic connection between library and information literacy education, and provides some theoretical basis for public library to carry out information literacy education.